Welcome to the dry zone. The area we’re in, Yala, South-East Sri Lanka, is very dry and largely arid. In our 24 hours in the region, I remember feeling pretty dehydrated all the time. The area features salt-pans, lots of sand, and shrilled dry plants with many thistles, leaves with surface area so fine and small to last the dry, hot weather. In this photo, we were standing at a man-made lake/reservoir, in preparation for plans to irrigate the lower lands. If you zoom in on the left, you may think it’s water plants sticking out of the water, look a little closer and you’ll realize that these were full-grown trees, now, submerged underwater in this man-made lake. #manmade #reservoir #submergedtrees #water #treeunderwater #yala #srilanka #yalanationalpark #jeep #nature #irrigation #waterplanning #dryzone #vsco #snapseed (at Yala, Sri Lanka) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bn96W6AhuoV/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=164d5u12fs2jc